Award-Winning Computer Science Tutors in San Jose, CA

...AP US History, Computer Science A, Calculus AB, and Chemistry. I also wrestled in high school. In college, I balanced my academic life, extra curricular activities, social life, and in general betterment of ones self. I also competed in the AIChE Chemical Engineering car competition three years running. I also took courses such as Chemical Plant Design, Analog Electronics, and Process Control with an emphasis on statistical control models. In my free time I tinker,...

I graduated from the California Institute of Technology in 2011 and have over 5 years of tutoring experience. I enjoy doing Math, Physics and programming problems for fun. I want to teach others how fun Math and Science can be.

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I enjoyed learning math from early stage of my life, and I tried to share my experience with others since I was a high school student. Math is a fun subject if you know how to interact with it. I focused on "Math is fun, do not be afraid" for more than 30 students in the past 5 years.

...1. Decomposition Many people fear complex problems because they don't know where to start. Decomposition is the idea of breaking down problems into simple parts that are easier to understand. I help my students use decomposition to break down problems into smaller, more manageable components that are easier to solve. 2. Real-life application Learning is most interesting when it is applied to real-world problems. I ground my lessons in real-world applications so my students understand...

...graduate student at Columbia University, majoring in Computer Science. I obtained my bachelor degree at University of International Business and Economics in China. During the last five years, I've been a Teaching Assistant and a private tutor for topics in Math, English Tests, and Chinese, as well as Computer Science. My tutoring style is for my students to learn new knowledge while having fun. Outside of academia, I enjoy playing the piano and traveling.... Have fun while learning.

...for the rural villagers. In addition, I tutored students from international schools and provided independent services to musicians, as well as helped direct a US State Department academic exchange program between Indonesian and US high school students. Aside from work, I love the outdoors. I grew up surfing, playing soccer, snowboarding, cycling, fishing, and camping. My hobbies also include rock-climbing, cooking, reading, gardening, studying languages, and going on adventures. I try to live by a...

My entire educational background was spent in science and math classes, often it wasn't easy for me, so I understand what it's like to struggle with something and feel like you will never understand. But if you work the problems enough times and never quit you'll get through it. And asking for help is never a bad thing, no one has ever gotten through all of this without help.... Understanding what it is you're doing is always the goal, but in the meantime get through the problem, and then do it 10 more times. You might feel like you're just memorizing it, but you'll be surprised how easy it is to understand something after doing this.

...Systems and Theater double-major at Stanford University in Northern California, Milan is very excited to be a part of the Varsity Tutors team. His main academic interests are English, philosophy, math, and computer science, but Milan enjoys many other subjects (psychology, physics, and economics to name a few). He is fluent in Spanish and an active member of the Latino community. In his free time, he enjoys reading, writing, and taking the occasional photograph.

...clock to take apart and put back together again. My formal education is a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and Applied Science from California Institute of Technology and a Master's degree in Computer Science (with distinction) from California State University at Chico. I garden, paint and play folk music: bluegrass and Chinese classical music on banjo, ruan and erhu. I worked most of my career as a research scientist at Hewlett-Packard labs and have 30 US...